Comrades, allow me to declare the All-Russian Conference of the RCP open.

You are aware, comrades, that the present conference has been convened earlier than the Charter provides. Consequently, it is not a regular conference, or at least not entirely a regular one. Furthermore, you are aware that the principal item on the agenda, the principal question that compelled us to convene the conference earlier than we had anticipated, is the question of economic policy—the prodnalog.[^1] This question is the paramount one at the present time.

I propose that we proceed to the election of the conference presidium.

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V. I. LENIN
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[^1]: *Prodnalog*: the tax in kind on agricultural products, introduced as part of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) in March 1921.